Morning Report for Tuesday 20 November 2018

6:00 AM.Children with severe and often extremely painful teeth problems are having to wait months for treatment, The battle of police uniforms at next year's Pride Parade in Auckland continues - with board… Read moreAudio

6:09 AM.Taupo's mayor says businesses lost at least a million dollars as a result of yesterday's power cut, which left the popular tourist centre a ghost town. About 16,500 customers lost power for most of… Read moreAudio

6:12 AM.A long-time politics professor says National has taken the practice of bombarding the government with written parliamentary questions to a new level. Over the past year National MPs have written more… Read moreAudio

6:17 AM.Veteran Dunedin broadcaster Neil Collins has died at the age of 77, just weeks after making his final appearance on Radio Dunedin. His career began at the station as a schoolboy volunteer sixty years… Read moreAudio

6:20 AM.Ajaz Patel claimed five wickets in his first test as New Zealand beat Pakistan by four runs on a dramatic fourth day of the opening cricket test in Abu Dhabi. It was the Black Caps closest ever… Read moreAudio

6:39 AM.Auckland children with severe teeth problems who need treatment under general anaesthetic are waiting twice as long as they should be to see a dentist A report to the Auckland and Waitemata District… Read moreAudio

6:42 AM.The AA Driving School says it's incredible people can get their driver's license in their teens and never sit another test again. With a climbing road toll and motorcyclists increasingly dying on New… Read moreAudio

6:45 AM.Snow to low levels on Monday has been replaced with rain overnight with torrential rain expected for Dunedin and coastal Otago on Tuesday - winter's not quite gone in the far south just yet… Read moreAudio

7:06 AM.Debutant spinner Ajaz Patel says he's walking on air after claiming five second innings wickets to help the Black Caps to a thrilling four run win over Pakistan on a dramatic fourth day of the opening… Read moreAudio

7:11 AM.Auckland children with severe and often extremely painful teeth problems are having to wait more than eight months for treatment - double what they should be. Under Ministry of Health standards, all… Read moreAudio

7:15 AM.The board of the Auckland Pride Parade will face a vote of no confidence after their decision to ban police uniforms at next year's event. At a heated meeting on on Sunday night, opponents of the… Read moreAudio

7:20 AM.Riding motorcycles is losing its appeal and one motorcycle safety campaigner says that will help bring down the climbing road toll. Four motorcyclists were killed in three separate crashes at the… Read moreAudio

7:24 AM.The failure of APEC leaders to agree on a joint statement has exposed the deep divisions between the United States and China on trade and security. Trade Minister David Parker was at the summit and… Read moreAudio

7:44 AM.Taupo's community was left in the dark after another power outage affected the city for the second time in 12 months on Monday. From early morning till just before 6am residents in Taupo were left… Read moreAudio

7:50 AM.Junior doctors are threatening more strikes early next year because of a deal done by the DHBs with a new rival union. In a first for district health boards, they've agreed to different terms and… Read moreAudio

8:10 AM.A government agency has had to hire a new staff member to deal with the barrage of written parliamentary questions from the National opposition, and many Ministerial offices are requesting extra help… Read moreAudio

8:14 AM.Tensions between China and the US over trade and security issues have flared up at the APEC meeting in Papua New Guinea. During the meeting Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested Beijing… Read moreAudio

8:21 AM.Hawke's Bay apple growers saying a looming worker shortage is keeping them up at night - and that's despite more workers from the Pacific being brought in to help. An extra 1,750 workers nationwide… Read moreAudio

8:25 AM.UK Prime Minister Theresa May has addressed lobby group the Confederation of Business Industry, selling her EU withdrawal agreement to major business leaders. Meanwhile Ministers from across the… Read moreAudio

8:30 AM.It was a day of deep emotion as families marked the anniversary of the Pike River Mine disaster yesterday. Tears were shed at services on the West Coast, eight years to the day that 29 men went… Read moreAudio

8:42 AM.More than 2.5 million passengers are expected to converge on Queenstown Airport by 2045. In October, plans to expand the airport were quickly shot down, with the community saying the area is… Read moreAudio

8:46 AM.A New Zealand marine apprenticeship scheme has been named the best in the world. The NZ Marine and Composites Industry Training Organisation won the award in Amsterdam last week. There have been more… Read moreAudio

8:56 AM.Waitangi marae is taking a new lease on life this summer, welcoming tourists from more than a dozen cruise ships to the Bay of Islands. Māori tourism operators are working with Princess Cruises to… Read moreAudio